my volume is stuck on mute, i can not increse using hot keys, any ideas what i can do, thanks
I assume you mean none of the hot keys is working at all - Fn-F8 otherwise is the un-mute key. Click on the sound icon in your tray, and the volume control should appear; on the 'playback' tab, click on the speaker icon below the volume sliders and it should un-mute it. Then you'll need to sort out your hotkeys!
i can get the sliders to increse the volume, it is the hot key Fn-F8 and Fn-volume up-down witch will not work, the others hot keys work fine. This problem has seemed to have stopped sykpe working, this is doing my head-in, thanks
i have the sound shown as unmuted in the click the sound icon bit, but when i press hotkeys it shows muted, thanks for your help, any other ideas?
Hang on, I'm getting lost here. If it shows as unmuted in the sound app, does the sound actually work? If the hotkeys aren't working, how come something is showing up when you use them?
the sound does work in the sound app, but the sound is not as high as it should be, the hotkey Fn-F8 only shows muted, Fn-volume-up shows speaker simble but the bar will not increase,,,,,, , i hope you can help, thank you for your time with this problem and i and sorry if i am not clear with my post,, i am traveling SE-asia and am finding difficult to get on-line,,,,,
OK, two things to try. One is to use the terminal and enter this: Code: alsamixer which will start the underlying sound controller. Check there that 'master' and 'PCM' controls are set to appropriate levels (you use the arrow keys to move between columns, and to increase/decrease volume; the ESC key closes the program). Second: people have reported that setting the sound level in the media master program supplied by Acer makes the sound level 'stick' after closing that program. You could try opening it, playing something and adjusting the cound, athen see if that has solved the problem.
i tried alsamixer, but all igot was *** PLUSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused alsamixer: function snd_clt_open failed for default: Connection refused i also tried the M Player, no luck there,,,, i wont give up, i am sure this problem can be fixed,, once again thank you for you time
Pulseaudio isn't even installed on my system, and it does seem to have something of a reputation for problems! It might be worth trying uninstalling it....
Woohoo,,, i have uninstall Pluseaudio and and its all working fine,,, i didnt know i even had Pulseaudio isntalled,,, thanks very much for the hlep,,,,
